Well, site went down this morning and ate my original reply. So hear it as much if it as I could save:

We got problems with the high level pollution in our town on certain days and we think they will ban Diesel engined cars then from the streets - that is why we will go for a petrol engine - btw he does not want a RRS in orange and opted for a boring Mercedes A 200 - he said that the Merc is cooler than a RRS - i start thinking that he is not my son !  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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2021 AM new Vantage

I don't think I would have said no to that as a first car!

The new A class is great, my Mum has an A45 AMG which is a great little car to drive.

good luck to him, and hope he is sensible and safe! Alex

2018 Skoda Kodiaq vRS
2009 Caterham Supersport Race car
2007 M5 Touring
2005 Range Rover Vogue SE Supercharged
2004 SL55 AMG

bought my daughter a slk as first car son is looking at a z4 for his first car luckily I insure them all with the company

I told him that a SLK is much more fun but he insists in a A-Class  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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2021 AM new Vantage

It's his way of rebelling. You like big petrol Range Rovers, he likes small diesel Mercedes.

You need to start dressing as a woman and calling yourself Francine just to make sure he does the oposite.

 All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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2021 AM new Vantage

How on earth have we allowed ourselves to get into this situation of buying our kids first cars? Nobody else bought me my first car, let the little so and so's go out to work to earn the money to buy the damn car. That's what I say!! Says the idiot who bought the same car twice, the second time off of No.2 daughter to give to No.3! Drat, rumbled. Drives:
2010 FFRR TdV8 Vogue - Stornoway Grey
2010 FFRR TdV8 Vogue SE - Zermatt Silver
1998 BMW E36 M3 GTII

Well my elder son saved 15.000.-- Euros over the years - we add another 8.000.-- Euros to the car.  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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2021 AM new Vantage

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KurtVerbose wrote:

You need to start dressing as a woman and calling yourself Francine just to make sure he does the oposite.

Maybe that's what the creme trousers were all about

 All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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2021 AM new Vantage

Ha ha exactly! I was given my first car and had to pay for everything else myself.
Albeit it was a mighty 1.4 auto Renault 5 but it was cracking! Did my first headgaskt on it, prepped services, timing...

Back when fuel was 70p/l it was fun caning it around watching the fuel gauge move

However. Ow I wouldn't dream of my kids driving anything below the size of a C3/4 and would have to be a petrol or electric. FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.